PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION

 CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 MESA COUNTY, COLORADO

 TO BE HELD

 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2001

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to law, an election will be held in the City of Grand Junction, County of Mesa, and State of Colorado, on Tuesday, November 6, 2001.

The election will be conducted as a coordinated mail ballot election.

The walk-in location where mail ballots shall be made available and where eligible electors may deliver mail ballots and receive replacement ballots (and in the following circumstances, vote in person: (a) when the elector is absent from his/her place of residence during the conduct of the election; (b) when the elector requests a replacement ballot; and (c) when an elector who is entitled to vote is listed as "Inactive" or is not listed on the property owner's list or registration list) is the coordinated election official's offices at the address listed below, which will be open on Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. from October 12, 2001, through November 5, 2001, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2001 and between the hours of 700 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on November 6, 2001.

Coordinated Election Official

Mesa County Clerk and Recorder

County Elections Office

Mesa Mall (East Wing)

2424 Highway 6 & 50 Unit 414

Grand Junction, Colorado 81505

Telephone: (970) 244-1896

Voted ballots may also be delivered to the following locations during the indicated hours:

Fruita Civic Center

Motor Vehicle Division

325 E. Aspen

Fruita, Colorado

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and Tuesday, November 6^th - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

County Courthouse

Recording Division Office

544 Rood Avenue

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

and Tuesday, November 6^th - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Peachtree Shopping Center

Motor Vehicle Division Office

3225 I-70 Business Loop, Unit A2

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and Tuesday, November 6^th - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Mesa County Fairgrounds

Motor Vehicle Office

2775 Highway 50, Orchard Mesa

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

and Tuesday, November 6^th - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

As well as:

County Elections Office

Mesa Mall (East Wing)

2424 Highway 6 & 50 Unit 414

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ,

Saturday, November 3^rd, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and Tuesday, November 6^th - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Absentee voting occurs in a mail ballot election when a registered, eligible elector of the City wishes the ballot to be mailed to a place other than the address of record. The application for absentee ballots should be made to the coordinated election official at the address listed above. Applications for an absentee ballot may be made no later than the close of business on Friday, November 2, 2001. Absentee ballots shall be returned in the same manner as mail ballots.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, in the County of Mesa and the State of Colorado, has caused this notice to be given as required by law this October 17, 2001.

/s/ Stephanie Tuin

Designated Election Official